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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Beej on May 18, 2005, 10:45:04 AM

Title: R.I.P. Frank Gorshin
Post by: Beej on May 18, 2005, 10:45:04 AM

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/05/18/entertainment/e095123D46.DTL

Title: R.I.P. Frank Gorshin
Post by: Gazoo on May 18, 2005, 11:10:40 AM

R.I.P. indeed.  And I was thinking about changing my avatar to this anyway!

Title: R.I.P. Frank Gorshin
Post by: Beej on May 18, 2005, 11:18:41 AM

Awesome, Gaz! He kicked ass as The Riddler. So freakin manic. He gave Cesear Romero a run for his money (I think there's a scene in the 60s Batman movie where Riddler & Joker are laughing their trademark laughs together).

Frank was great in 12 Monkeys, too.

Title: R.I.P. Frank Gorshin
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on May 18, 2005, 11:42:30 AM

His Star Trek guest spot was one of my fave heavy-handed social commentary eps ever.

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/gallery/stmagazine/tos-ltbylb.jpg

EDIT:  Bastards blocked my link!

Let's try this one:

(http://members.aol.com/startrekchristy/tosa77.jpg)

Title: R.I.P. Frank Gorshin
Post by: Beej on May 18, 2005, 11:50:37 AM

Right on, Rod!

Ah, Trek- I'll miss your ham-fisted attempts to teach me stuff.

Gorshin was so good at being malevolent.

Title: R.I.P. Frank Gorshin
Post by: RGMike on May 18, 2005, 11:56:41 AM

and a fine impressionist too. His Kirk Douglas was killer.

Title: R.I.P. Frank Gorshin
Post by: RGMike on May 18, 2005, 11:59:12 AM

Quote from: "Gazoo"

R.I.P. indeed.  And I was thinking about changing my avatar to this anyway!

and -- he's from Pittsburgh!

Title: more pix
Post by: ggould on May 18, 2005, 12:07:11 PM

(http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200306/tos-070-bele-and-lokai/320x240.jpg)

Title: R.I.P. Frank Gorshin
Post by: urth on May 18, 2005, 12:07:26 PM

Quote from: "Gazoo"

R.I.P. indeed.  And I was thinking about changing my avatar to this anyway!

Gaz, quick work on the avatar switcheroo. Very nice indeed.

Someplace at home I have a genuine Frank Gorshin autograph that my folks got for me when they went to see him at one of the clubs up in Tahoe during the time that Batman was hot. Signed "To Jim, the Riddler Frank Gorshin"--one of my proudest possessions in those days.